Kentucky, 2015

Dense Fog in Kentucky, March 12, 2015

March 12, 2015 · NWS PAH · 7 events in 7 counties and zones

Widespread dense fog over the Pennyrile region of western Kentucky reduced visibility to one-quarter mile or less. A sprawling area of high pressure over the Great Lakes region produced a moist easterly wind over saturated ground.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
7

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.

Widespread dense fog over the Pennyrile region of western Kentucky reduced visibility to one-quarter mile or less. A sprawling area of high pressure over the Great Lakes region produced a moist easterly wind over saturated ground.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 11, 10:14 PM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 10:14 PM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

7 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.

Dense Fog, Webster

When
March 12, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where
Webster forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
37.518, -87.683 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, McLean

When
March 12, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where
McLean forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
37.529, -87.264 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Caldwell

When
March 12, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where
Caldwell forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
37.145, -87.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Hopkins

When
March 12, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where
Hopkins forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
37.309, -87.541 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Muhlenberg

When
March 12, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where
Muhlenberg forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
37.216, -87.142 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Christian

When
March 12, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where
Christian forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
36.894, -87.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Todd

When
March 12, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where
Todd forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
36.836, -87.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Dense Fog
Fog reducing visibility to a quarter mile or less, filed where it caused accidents or disruption.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 563451, 563452, 563453, 563454, 563455, 563456, 563457.